25-32 Flashcards
on the origin of species published
1859
morill act provides public land for higher education
1862
world’s 1st subway system opens in london
1863
am society for prevention of cruelty to animals (aspca) created
1866
wyoming territory grants women right to vote
1869
woodhull and clafin’s weekly published
1871
metaphysical club meets in cambridge, ma
1872
comstock law
1873
woman’s christian temperance union (wctu) organized
1874
chautauqua education movement launched
1874
impressionist artists debut in paris
1874
john hopkins university graduate school est
1876
henry george publishes progress and poverty
1879
dumbbell tenement introduced
1879
mary baker eddy est christian science
1879
salvation army begins work in am
1879
booker t washington becomes head of tuskegee institute
1881
am red cross founded
1881
barnum and bailey first join to state “greatest show on earth”
1881
1st immigration restriction laws passed
1882
brooklyn bridge completed
1883
metropolitan opera house built in ny
1883
mark twain publishes the adventures of huck finn
1884
louis sullivan builds 1st skyscraper in chicago
1885
linotype invented
1885
statue of liberty erected in ny harbor
1886
am protective association (apa) formed
1887
hatch act supplements morrill act
1887
edward bellamy publishes looking backward
1888
jane adams founds hull house in chicago
1889
national am women suffrage association (nawsa) formed
1890
basketball invented
1891
lillian wald opens henry street settlement in ny
1893
anti-saloon league formed
1893
world’s columbian exposition held in chicago
1893
new zealand grants women right to vote
1893
library of congress opens
1897
charlotte perkins gilman published women and economics
1898
kate choplin publishes the awakening
1899
theodore dresier publishes sister carrie
1900
henry adams privately publishes the education of henry adams
1907
naacp founded
1910
new indian peoples move onto great plains
ca 1700-1800
pikes peak gold rush
1858
nevada comstock lode discovered
1859
homestead act
1862
sand creek massacre
1864
nevada admitted to union
1864
national grange organized
1867
battle of the little bighorn
1876
colorado admitted to union
1876
nez perce war
1877
helen hunt jackson publishes a century of dishonor
1881
fed gov outlaws indian sun dance
1884
canadian pacific railway, 1st transcontinental rail line, completed across canada
1885
local chapters of farmers’ alliance formed
1885-1890
dawes severality act
1887
oklahoma opened to us citizen settlement
1889
nd, sd, montana, washington, idaho, wyoming admitted to union
1889-1890
census bureau declares frontier line ended
1890
emergence of people’s party (populists)
1890
battle of wounded knee
1891
construction of trans siberian railroad begins
1891
frederick jackson turner publishes “the significance of the frontier in am history”
1893
coxey’s army marches on washington
1894
pullman strike
1894
utah admitted to union
1896
dingley tariff act
1897
gold standard act
1900
oklahoma admitted to union
1907
indians granted us citizenship
1924
indian reorganization act
1934
ne missionaries arrive in haiwii
1820
samoa crisis with gern
1889
pan am conference
1889
the influence of sea power upon history published
1890
new orleans crisis with italy
1891
valparaiso crisis with chile
1892
pribilof islands dispute with canada
1893
white planter revolt in hawaii
1893
cleveland refuses hawaii annexation
1893
cubans revolt against spain
1895
venezuela boundary crisis with brit
1895-1896
maine explosion in havana harbor
1898
span am war
1898
teller amendment
1898
dewey’s victory at manila bay
1898
hawaii annexed
1898
senate ratifies treaty acquiring philippines
1899
aguinaldo launches rebellion against us in philippines
1899
first am open door note
1899
hawaii receives full territorial status
1900
foraker act for puerto rico
1900
boxer rebellion and us military expedition to china
1900
2nd open door note
1900
supreme court insular cases
1901
platt amendment
1901